William ABBAS

ABBAS, KOOP, BROWN, SCHREIER, SEGERSTROM, BLAIR

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/10/2014 at 16:49:44

May 21, 1905 ---- February 19, 1981

William (Bill) Abbas, 75, a longtime Webster City resident, died Thursday afternoon at the Hamilton County hospital where he had been a patient for four days. He had been in ill health the past nine years. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Foster Funeral home with the Rev. Damon Reese and the Rev. Charles Hawkins officiating and with burial in Graceland cemetery.

William Abbas, son of George and Talka Koop Abbas, was born May 21, 1905 at Kamrar. As a young man he moved with his family to Kanawha. He was united in marriage March 27, 1935 at Webster City to Dorothy Brown, and the couple resided in Webster City where Mr. Abbas was employed for 20 years with the Arrow-Acme Corp., retiring in July, 1971. Since December, 1973, he had resided at the Southfield Care Center.

He is survived by his wife; three sons and four daughters, William Abbas, Jr., South Plainfield, N.J., Louie Abbas of Woolstock, Larry Abbas of Duncombe, Bonnie Abbas, Santiago, Chile, Mrs. Steve (Evelyn) Schreier of Fort Dodge, Sharon Abbas, Webster City, and Mrs. Bryan (Marilyn) Segerstrom of Waterloo; six grandchildren; three brothers and one sister, Edward Abbas of Colorado Springs, Colo., George Abbas of Camp Douglas, Wis., John Abbas of Webster City, and Esther Blair of Webster City, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one son, who died in infancy; by his parents; one brother and three sisters. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist, church in Webster City.